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Diabierna, 22 di April 2022 |13

2021
Abbreviated Corporate Financial Statements

Recognition and Measurement Reclassification
Financial assets are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs for all financial assets not The Bank reclassifies debt instruments when and only when its business model for managing those
carried at fair value through profit or loss. Financial assets are recognized when the entity becomes assets changes. The reclassification is applied prospectively from the reclassification date, which is
a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Regular way purchases and sales of financial the first day of the first reporting period following the change in business model that results in the
assets are recognized on trade date. reclassification. Any previously recognized gains, losses or interest are not restated.
Investment in Subsidiaries De-recognition
The Bank holds 100% of the shares in Capital Providers Group N.V. and Alicante Properties N.V., all Financial assets are derecognized when the contractual rights to receive the cash flows from the
domiciled in Aruba. The investments in subsidiaries are accounted for by applying the equity method, financial assets have expired, or when they have been transferred and either:
whereby the investment is initially recognized at cost and adjusted thereafter for the post-acquisition • The Bank transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership; or
change in the Bank’s share of the investee’s net assets. The Bank’s profit or loss includes its share of the • The Bank neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership
investee’s profit or loss and the Bank’s other comprehensive income includes its share in the investee’s and the Bank has not retained control.
other comprehensive income. Distributions received from an investee reduce the carrying amount of
the investment. Investment in subsidiaries is outside the scope of IFRS 9.
- Financial Liabilities
Debt Instruments Measured at Amortized Cost
Debt instruments are measured at amortized cost if they are held within a business model whose Classification, Recognition and Subsequent Measurement
objective is to hold for collection of contractual cash flows, and where those cash flows represent The Bank classifies its financial liabilities as being measured at amortized cost unless it has designated
solely payments of principal and interest (SPPI). After initial measurement, debt instruments in this liabilities at fair value through profit or loss or is required to measure liabilities mandatorily at fair
category are carried at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method. The amortized cost is value through profit or loss. Financial liabilities are initially recognized at fair value, (normally the
the amount at which the financial asset or financial liability is measured at initial recognition amount issued proceeds, that is, the fair value of consideration received) less, in the case of financial liabilities
minus the principal repayments, plus or minus the cumulative amortization using the Effective Interest subsequently carried at amortized cost, transaction costs. For financial liabilities carried at amortized
Rate (EIR) method of any difference between the initial amount and the maturity amount and, for cost, any difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the redemption value is
financial assets, adjusted for any loss allowance. recognized in the Statement of Comprehensive Income through profit or loss using the effective
interest method.
Purchases and sales of debt instruments at amortized cost are recognized at trade date – the date on
which the Bank commits to purchase or sell the asset – and are measured at amortized cost when A financial liability may be designated as at fair value through profit or loss only when:
cash is advanced to the borrowers. • It eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency (an
‘accounting mismatch’) that would otherwise arise from measuring assets or liabilities or
Debt instruments of the Bank comprise loans and investment securities that are sovereign bonds. After recognizing the gains and losses on them on different basis; or
assessing its business model for loans and sovereign bonds, which are held to collect the contractual • A group of financial assets, financial liabilities or both is managed and its performance
cash flows, and where the cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest, these is evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with documented risk management or
instruments were measured at amortized cost. investment strategy; or
• A contract contains one or more embedded derivatives that significantly change the cash
Interest income using the effective interest rate method is recognized in the Statement of flows of the contract and the separation of the embedded derivative(s) is not prohibited.
Comprehensive Income through profit or loss. Impairment on debt instruments measured at amortized
cost is calculated using the expected credit loss (ECL) approach. Loans and debt securities measured at The movement in own credit risk related to financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit
amortized cost are presented net of allowance for credit losses in the Statement of Financial Position. or loss is recorded in other comprehensive income unless this would create or enlarge an accounting
mismatch in profit or loss for the Bank (in which case all gains or losses are recognized through profit
Debt Instruments Measured at FVOCI or loss).
Debt instruments are measured at FVOCI if they are held within a business model whose objective
is to hold both for collection of contractual cash flows and for the sale of financial assets, where the Derecognition
financial assets’ cash flows represent payments that are solely payments of principal and interest, and Financial liabilities are derecognized when they are extinguished, for instance, when the obligation
that are not designated FVPL. Subsequent to initial recognition, unrealized gains and losses on debt specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expires.
instruments measured at FVOCI are taken through other comprehensive income (OCI) in full, unless
the instrument is designated in a fair value hedge relationship.
- Impairment of Financial Assets
When the asset is derecognized, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in OCI is reclassified
from equity to profit or loss and recognized in ‘Net Investment Income’. Foreign exchange gains and Scope
losses that relate to the amortized cost of the debt instrument are recognized through profit or loss.
The Bank recognizes impairment loss allowances for expected credit losses (ECL) for the following
categories of financial instruments, unless measured at fair value through profit or loss:
Impairment on debt instruments measured at FVOCI is calculated using the expected credit loss • Financial assets that are debt instruments;
approach. The expected credit loss on debt instruments measured at FVOCI does not reduce the • Loan commitments;
carrying amount of the asset in the Statement of Financial Position, which remains at its fair value. • Financial guarantee contracts issued and not accounted for under IFRS 4 Insurance
Instead, an amount equal to the allowance that would arise if the financial assets were measured at Contracts; and
amortized cost is recognized in OCI with a corresponding amount taken to Credit Impairment Losses • Receivables and contract assets recognized under IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with
in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. The accumulated amount recognized in OCI is recycled
through profit or loss upon derecognition of the debt instrument. Customers.
Expected Credit Loss (ECL) Model
Debt Instruments Measured at FVPL The determination of impairment losses and allowance moves from an incurred credit loss model
Financial assets that do not meet the criteria for amortized cost or FVOCI are measured at fair value whereby credit losses are recognized when a defined loss event occurs under IAS 39, to an expected
through profit or loss.
credit loss model under IFRS 9, where credit losses are taken upon initial recognition of the financial
asset, based on expectations of potential credit losses at the time of initial recognition. Under IFRS 9,
Financial Assets Mandatorily Measured at FVPL the Bank first evaluates individually whether objective impairment exists for financial assets that are
Financial assets meeting either of the conditions below are mandatorily measured at fair value through individually significant. It then collectively assesses financial assets that are not individually significant
profit or loss (other than in respect of an equity investment designated as at fair value through other and loans which are significant but for which there is no objective evidence of impairment.
comprehensive income):
• Financial assets with contractual terms that do not give rise on specified dates to cash
flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount The Bank uses an ECL model developed to meet the requirements of IFRS 9. The allowance for credit
outstanding; and losses calculations are outputs of models with a number of underlying assumptions regarding the
• Financial assets held within a business model whose objective is achieved neither by choice of variable inputs and their interdependencies. This model measures credit loss allowances
using a three-stage approach based on the extent of credit deterioration since origination.
collecting contractual cash flows nor by both collecting contractual cash flows and
selling financial assets. This includes financial assets held within a portfolio that is managed New models and systems were developed to meet the requirements of IFRS 9. The Bank assesses on
and whose performance is evaluated on a fair value basis. It further includes portfolios of
financial assets that are ‘held for trading’. a forward-looking basis, the expected credit losses (ECL) associated with its debt instrument assets
carried at amortized cost and FVOCI and with the exposure arising from loan commitments and
financial guarantee contracts. The Bank recognizes a loss allowance for such losses at each reporting
Financial Assets Designated as Measured at FVPL date. The measurement of ECL reflects:
A financial asset may be designated at fair value through profit or loss only if doing so eliminates • An unbiased and probability-weighted amount that is determined by evaluating a range of
or significantly reduces measurement or recognition inconsistencies (an ‘accounting mismatch’) that possible outcomes;
would otherwise arise from measuring financial assets or liabilities or recognizing gains and losses on
them on different basis. They are carried in the Statement of Financial Position at fair value, with all • The time value of money; and
changes in fair value recorded in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. • Reasonable and supportable information that is available without undue cost or effort at
the reporting date about past events, current conditions and forecasts of future economic
conditions.
Equity Instruments
Equity instruments are measured at FVPL, unless an election is made to designate them at FVOCI Presentation of Allowance for Credit Losses in the Statement of Financial Position
upon purchase. For equity instruments measured at FVPL, changes in fair value are recognized in the
Statement of Comprehensive Income as part of net gain/loss from other financial instruments carried • Financial assets measured at amortized cost: presented as a deduction from the gross
at fair value. Instruments elected to be classified as non-trading equity instruments at FVOCI are made • carrying amount of the financial assets;
Debt instruments measured at FVOCI: no allowance is recognized in the Statement of
upon initial recognition, on an instrument-by-instrument basis and once made, is irrevocable. Gains Financial Position because the carrying value of these assets is their fair value. However,
and losses on these instruments including when derecognized/sold are recorded in OCI and are not the allowance determined is presented in the accumulated other comprehensive income; and
subsequently reclassified to profit or loss. Dividend received is recorded in the income statement.
• Off-balance sheet credit risks including undisbursed loan commitments and financial
guarantees: presented as a provision within the liabilities section of the Statement of
Financial Position.